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Bleat and Bray
Strong spirit, but weak... nothing Goats are too good
Stop the Problem
How?
Turn Left
The proof is here
Goats
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo it was a pretty good week. We got an AC. I'd like to send a shoutout to President Sonksen.
In other news, there's not a whole lot so I can just tell y'all about the best decision I've made as a missionary.
See once upon a time it was Saturday
morning and time to plan for another day. We had streetboarding in the
evening and English class in the afternoon, so all we had left to plan
was the morning. As we were thinking, all I could think was, "Go to
Hoengseong." And since there was nothing, we had time to go to Hoengseong.
What we all need to understand about 횡성
is that in 횡성 there is nothing. Well there's a little. There's even a
copy of Shannon Hale's Princess Academy in one of the local
libraries. But anyway, there is very little in the way of population. So
we get there about half an hour after we planned to, due to some
delayed buses and people on the street. So we have to hurry and grab
lunch at the Isaac Toast.
In Isaac Toast we
have a nice conversation with some Sri Lankans, but otherwise lunch is
uneventful. However, this is the setup to the best decision. Because as
lunch ends, I'm left with a choice, do I turn right or left out of this
restaurant.
The right road is oh, so
appealing, with its faster route to the library I'll study Korean at, and the
chance to walk by the 횡성 bus terminal. However, as the subject line and
my Discover poem state, I turned left.
Upon
turning left, we passed a bus stop, with a decent number of people, and
there's one college-aged kid who looks like he'd be great to proselytize
to, but before I can even pull out a sticker to offer him, he looks up
at us and this kid's face just lights up. He walks up to up, and says,
"Hey Elders! I was just on the way to your English class!"
It
turns out that about seven months earlier a couple of missionaries in
California had had the same idea as me (at least concerning proselytizing
to this kid) and had baptized him. And now he had moved back to his
hometown to become the newest member of our little Wonju Branch. And
he's such a nice man. He helped the other elders with a lesson after
church yesterday and everything. I love Im YoonSup.
Turning
left is turning out pretty good for us so far, but it's about to get
even better with what happens after we stop talking to Yoonsup and keep
moving along our way to the library.
We ran into Brother Pan! Like not even a meter away! And he was nice and didn't hate us!
Disclaimer:
I don't know if I mentioned this, but about last transfer Brother Pan
went mad less active because of many reasons, and now is not really a
fan of any church-related things or people.
But
now it's slightly better! He was with his daughter and they were just
going out for a fun day together. It was sweet, and while we didn't talk
much, I can tell he's doing better than he was before. Not that he'll
come to church, or even meet with a missionary anytime soon, but I think
one day he'll be ready to come back.
And that's about it. There could be more, but I want to finish this email. So. Yeah. Best wishes!
Elder Newton
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